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ndrake
  
 
| | #1 posted July 20, 2006 at 3:50pm (EST) |
What's your favorite Linux distro?
I recently started using Ubuntu on the new Thinkpad I got a work, and I'm really digging it. Everything worked out of the box (including sound, wireless network card, and suspending). It'll probably be my distro of choice for desktop machines.
I still prefer Gentoo for server machines. |
sandpaperback
 
| | #2 posted July 21, 2006 at 1:21am (EST) |
I  Ubuntu right now.
And I still have a lot of love for SLAX as a live CD.
PCLinuxOS was pretty spiffy too, the last time I tried it. Everything worked just as well as under Ubuntu on first boot. (And it's distributed with goodies like mp3 playback that you need to install with Ubuntu.)
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G_Prime
 
 
| | #3 posted July 21, 2006 at 9:47am (EST) |
Running Ubuntu right now as well. I'm really liking it! |
ielliott
| | #4 posted July 21, 2006 at 10:41am (EST) |
I don't like Ubuntu
I like Debian
I'm trying Gentoo |
ndrake
| | #5 posted July 21, 2006 at 11:07am (EST) |
ielliott wrote:
> I don't like Ubuntu
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> I like Debian
>
> I'm trying Gentoo
Why don't you like Ubuntu if you like Debian? Ubuntu is based on Debian. |
ielliott
| | #6 posted July 21, 2006 at 2:32pm (EST) |
ndrake wrote:
> ielliott wrote:
>> I don't like Ubuntu
>>
>> I like Debian
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>> I'm trying Gentoo
>
> Why don't you like Ubuntu if you like Debian? Ubuntu is based on
> Debian.
I don't like the fact that it doens't come with a C compiler so i can't install things from source instead of using the packages.
I always seem to have problems with already installed packages and i don't really know how to add mods to apache or php. |
sandpaperback
| | #7 posted July 21, 2006 at 3:07pm (EST) |
sudo apt-get install build-essential
After that you're all set to install from source in most cases.
It seems odd that you'd have problems with the packages though. I mean, they take care of dependencies and as long as you're installing from the Ubuntu repositories, everything has been tested to work with the system.
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Can I raise a practical question at this point?
We gonna do Stonehenge tomorrow? |
ielliott
| | #8 posted July 21, 2006 at 3:15pm (EST) |
sandpaperback wrote:
> sudo apt-get install build-essential
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> After that you're all set to install from source in most cases.
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> It seems odd that you'd have problems with the packages though. I
> mean, they take care of dependencies and as long as you're installing
> from the Ubuntu repositories, everything has been tested to work with
> the system.
>
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Yeah i didn't spend much time playing with it so it may be why.
I'm going to try Gentoo because its similar to BSD.
I really wish i could try and learn all Distro's but not enough time :)
I think the best way to learn stuff about a distro is to just do a quick Virtual Machine and do some learning at least if you screw it up you can just dump it. |
sandpaperback
| | #9 posted July 21, 2006 at 3:28pm (EST) |
There's not much need anymore. Most are available on a live CD that will install only if you wish.
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We gonna do Stonehenge tomorrow? |
ielliott
| | #10 posted July 21, 2006 at 3:47pm (EST) |
sandpaperback wrote:
> There's not much need anymore. Most are available on a live CD that
> will install only if you wish.
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Yes i know but i like learning more then just doing an installer.
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sandpaperback
| | #11 posted July 21, 2006 at 7:55pm (EST) |
Oh, but what I meant is that if you're just interested in trying different distros, you don't really need to install anything. Play around as much as you want with no fear of screwing things up.
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We gonna do Stonehenge tomorrow? |
Yaverot
| | #12 posted July 22, 2006 at 11:32am (EST) |
I'm currently working with puppy linux.
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Want some whiskey in your water, sugar in your tea?
What's all these crazy questions they're asking me? |
ielliott
| | #13 posted July 22, 2006 at 6:27pm (EST) |
sandpaperback wrote:
> Oh, but what I meant is that if you're just interested in trying different
> distros, you don't really need to install anything. Play around as
> much as you want with no fear of screwing things up.
>
>
I know but you can do more with an actual install then a live CD.
I find live cds best for people who've never used linux before and want to learn the commands. |
sandpaperback
| | #14 posted July 22, 2006 at 10:52pm (EST) |
Downloading the new SimplyMepis (based on Ubuntu) right now to try out.
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ielliott
| | #15 posted July 23, 2006 at 10:21am (EST) |
There are too many distros out there. |
Yaverot
| | #16 posted July 23, 2006 at 11:56am (EST) |
Until you're adding programs, or compiling certain apps. The is no advantage to a hd Puppy over a live CD-R. Although the best way (I haven't tried) is said to be running it off of a USB key.
There may be enough distros that you can't find/test them all within X time, but saying there's too many distros is like saying there's too many ice cream flavors, or too many unique indiviuals in the world. How many distros can you ignore because it is using a 2.2 kernel? hat if you use too much USB to feel confortabl with using the 2.4 kernel? One that understands you have dail-up internet access, and can't handle 10MB of dribbleware a week? It is very easy to eliminate mnay distros from consideration.
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Want some whiskey in your water, sugar in your tea?
What's all these crazy questions they're asking me? |
ielliott
| | #17 posted July 23, 2006 at 12:10pm (EST) |
Yaverot wrote:
> Until you're adding programs, or compiling certain apps. The is no
> advantage to a hd Puppy over a live CD-R. Although the best way (I
> haven't tried) is said to be running it off of a USB key.
>
> There may be enough distros that you can't find/test them all within
> X time, but saying there's too many distros is like saying there's
> too many ice cream flavors, or too many unique indiviuals in the world.
> How many distros can you ignore because it is using a 2.2 kernel?
> hat if you use too much USB to feel confortabl with using the 2.4
> kernel? One that understands you have dail-up internet access, and
> can't handle 10MB of dribbleware a week? It is very easy to eliminate
> mnay distros from consideration.
>
Ok i agree there, Its just alot of the trime hard to choose.
I know most of them come from a certain main distro to begin with |
paul6743
| | #18 posted November 26, 2006 at 10:15am (EST) |
Another vote for Ubuntu!!
By the way, the next release (7.04) in April 2007 is gonna rock, so I've heard!  |
ielliott
| | #19 posted November 27, 2006 at 9:43pm (EST) |
Anyone put Ubuntu on a Ps3 yet, i've heard FC5 and 6 |
paul6743
| | #20 posted November 27, 2006 at 11:27pm (EST) |
ielliott wrote:
> Anyone put Ubuntu on a Ps3 yet, i've heard FC5 and 6
Not yet, but stay tuned:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PS3Compatibility 
Try Ubuntu. http://www.ubuntu.com Read this first: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=63315 |
Yaverot
| | #21 posted November 29, 2006 at 12:56am (EST) |
Puppy is now at 212 which is much better than 210 (which used the wrong squash compression and kill all performance).
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And all the fears you hold so dear, I'll turn and whisper in your ear. |
paul6743
| | #22 posted November 29, 2006 at 5:30am (EST) |
Yaverot wrote:
> Puppy is now at
> 212 which is much better than 210 (which used the wrong squash
> compression and kill all performance).
>
What's the difference between Puppy Linux and Damn Small Linux? I've heard good things about both, but I'm wondering which one is better.
Try Ubuntu. http://www.ubuntu.com Read this first: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=63315 |
ielliott
| | #23 posted November 29, 2006 at 5:51pm (EST) |
paul6743 wrote:
> ielliott wrote:
>> Anyone put Ubuntu on a Ps3 yet, i've heard FC5 and 6
> Not yet, but stay tuned:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PS3Compatibility
>
I want a PS3 just to put Linux on it. |
Yaverot
| | #24 posted December 1, 2006 at 1:52pm (EST) |
Puppy is better because it means I don't have to keep saying damn when talking about linux.  Plus no one hearing about puupy mistakes it with a Digital Subscriber Line because it is the same accronym. Much like firing a RPG in a RPG written in RPG.
By current ISOs, puppy is bigger. But by the time you add enough DSL modules to make it do what puppy does out-of-the-iso you're looking at 3x as much to download... something very important to me, a dial-up user. Note: This statement was true in March based off the ISOs available at that time, I don't know how true it still is.
Puppy uses a 2.6 kernel, DSL uses 2.4 (there are advantages with either series)
Puppy has a wikka wiki, DSL uses mediawiki. Puppy recently upgraded to a new forum server, so hopefully it will be as rock solid as the DSL one.
Puppy is becomming a self-compiling distrobution with the T2 framework.
DSL, I think is based off of Debian... of course that means you can use .debs you find out there, I think.
They both steal great ideas from each other. So it is a matter of what you're looking for, which community feels friendlier/more compitent to you. I've barely touched DSL, so I while I tried, I can't really give a fair comparision between the two.
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And all the fears you hold so dear, I'll turn and whisper in your ear. |
paul6743
| #25 posted December 1, 2006 at 9:51pm (EST)
edited December 1, 2006 at 10:41pm (EST) |
Yaverot wrote:
> Puppy is better because it means I don't have to keep saying damn
> when talking about linux.
Ok, you've sold me now. I'm going to have to burn a Puppy Linux CD.
Try Ubuntu. http://www.ubuntu.com Read this first: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=63315 |
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